Alpha Phi Omega Philippines, Inc.
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Article XII GENERAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS
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SECTION 1. Membership. -
[1] All persons who have been conferred honorary and life membership shall continue to enjoy the rights and privileges appurtenant therewith but must comply with any additional requirements as may have been provided under the Code of By-Laws for the retention of their membership status.
[2] The provisions of this Code of By-Laws pertaining to Honorary and Associate Members are suspended pending the formulation and institution of the necessary guidelines for the implementation thereof as approved by the General Assembly. The Rules and Guidelines shall be submitted to the Chair of the Board of Directors and calendared for deliberation by the General Assembly at least six (6) months before its regular sessions.
SECTION 2. National Convention. - The provisions of the Code of By-Laws on the preparations for and the convening of the 22nd Biennial National Convention shall be valid unless otherwise provided by this Code of By-Laws.
- The qualification and election of the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Council during the 22nd Biennial Convention shall be in accordance with the following:
(a) Direct elections and the period for the filing of candidacies shall be suspended;
(b) The ten (10) candidates who have garnered the most number of votes, and who meet the qualifications under this Code of By-Laws, shall comprise the pool from whence shall be selected the five (5) directors at large and the five (5) executive officers;
(c) Immediately after the elections, the ten (10) qualified and elected candidates, with the Regional Development Directors present, shall convene and select among themselves, based on the qualifications under this Code of By-Laws, the Chair, Vice-Chair and representative directors as well as the President, the Executive Vice-President and the Vice-Presidents for Alumni, Fraternity and Sorority;
(d) The Regional Development Directors elected prior to the ratification of this Code of By-Laws shall serve as Section Chairs and, immediately upon adjournment but not to exceed a period of fifteen (15) days therefrom, the Section Chairs of each Administrative Region shall elect among themselves who shall serve as Regional Director, Deputy Regional Director and the representative to the Board of Directors while the component units whose Section Chairs have been vacated as a consequence of the elevation shall conduct their separate elections within a period of three (3) months therefrom.
SECTION 4. Administrative Regions. - Until otherwise determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with the procedure stated in the Code of By-Laws, there shall be ten (10) Administrative Regions, with their corresponding Sections, as follows:
National Capital Administrative Region:
1: The city of Manila;
2: The cities of Pasay, Para�aque and Las Pi�as.
3: The cities of Mandaluyong, Makati, Muntinlupa, Pasig, and the municipalities of San Juan, Taguig and Pateros.
4: The cities of Valenzuela and Kalookan and Malabon, and the municipality of Navotas.
5: The cities of Quezon and Marikina;
6: The city of Antipolo and the whole province of Rizal.
Northern Luzon Administrative Region:
1: The provinces of Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, Abra and La Union, and the cities of Laoag, Vigan, Candon, and San Fernando;
2: The provinces of Benguet, and Pangasinan, and the cities of Baguio, Alaminos, Dagupan, Urdaneta, and San Carlos;
3: The provinces of Batanes, Cagayan, Apayao, Kalinga, Isabela, Ifugao, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino, and the cities of Tuguegarao, Cauayan, and Santiago; and,
4: The provinces of Aurora, Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan and Bulacan, and the cities of San Jose, Munoz, Cabanatuan, Palayan, Gapan, Angeles, San Fernando, Tarlac, Olongapo, Balanga, Malolos and San Jose Del Monte.
Southern Luzon Administrative Region
1: The provinces of Laguna, Quezon, Marinduque, and the cities of Calamba, San Pablo, and Lucena;
2: The provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Mindoro Occidental, Mindoro Oriental, Romblon, and Palawan, and the cities of Cavite, Trece Martirez, Tagaytay, Lipa, Batangas, Tanauan, Calapan, and Puerto Princesa; and,
3: The provinces of Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Albay, Catanduanes, Sorsogon, and Masbate, and the cities of Naga, Iriga, Legazpi, Tabaco, Ligao, Bacon, Sorsogon, and Masbate.
Northwestern Visayas Administrative Region
1: The provinces of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Iloilo, and Guimaras, and the cities of Roxas, Iloilo, and Passi; and,
2: The provinces of Negros Occidendal, and Negros Oriental, and the cities of Cadiz, Sagay, Victorias, Silay, Talisay, Bacolod, Bago, San Carlos, La Carlota, Kabankalan, Escalante, Himamaylan, Sipalay, Canlaon, Bais, Tanjay, Bayawan, and Dumaguete.
Southwestern Visayas Administrative Region
1: The provinces of Cebu, Bohol, and Siquijor, and the cities of Toledo, Danao, Talisay, Cebu, Lapu-lapu, Mandaue, and Tagbilaran; and,
2: The provinces of Samar, Northern Samar, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Southern Leyte, and Biliran, and the cities of Calbayog, Tacloban, Ormoc, and Maasin.
Northwestern Mindanao Administrative Region
1: The provinces of Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga del Sur, Zamboanga Sibugay, Basilan, and the cities of Dipolog, Dapitan, Pagadian, Zamboanga, and Isabela;
2: The provinces of Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, and Camiguin, and the cities of Oroquieta, Ozamis, Tangub, Cagayan de Oro, Gingoog, Valencia, and Malaybalay;
3: The provinces of Lanao del Norte, and Lanao del Sur, and the cities of Iligan, and Marawi; and,
4: The provinces of Sulu, and Tawi-tawi.
Southeastern Mindanao Administrative Region
1: The provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, and Surigao del Sur, and the cities of Butuan, Bislig, and Surigao;
2: The provinces of Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Compostela Valley, and the cities of Digos, Davao, Panabo, Tagum, and Samal;
3: The provinces of Maguindanao, and North Cotabato, and the cities of Cotabato and Kidapawan; and,
4: The provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Sarangani, and the cities of Gen.Santos, Koronadal, and Tacurong.
Administrative Region of North America
The Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Council of North America shall submit to the Board of Directors the territorial boundaries of the Sections.
Administrative Region of Asia and the Pacific
1: Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
2: The States of the ASEAN, excluding the Philippines.
3: Australia, New Zealand and the outlying islands of the Pacific rim, except Hawaii.
Administrative Region of the Middle East and Europe
1: The eastern seaboard of the African Continent, including the Kingdom of Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
2: The western seaboard of the African Continent, including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait
3: The European Continent.
SECTION 5. Constitutional Commissions. - The Constitutional Commissions, Committees and similar bodies and instrumentalities attached to the National Executive Board shall wind up their operations within a period of sixty (60) days from adoption of the Code of By-Laws and turn over all papers and documents in their possession to the appropriate officer and/or instrumentality tasked to perform their duties and functions as stated herein.
SECTION 6. Separability Clause. - If for any reason, any provision of the Code of By-Laws shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, no other provision hereof otherwise valid shall be affected thereby.
SECTION 7. Effectivity. - The Code of By-Laws shall take effect immediately upon approval thereof by the official delegates to the 22nd Biennial National Convention, unless as may otherwise be provided herein. |
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C E R T I F I C A T I O N
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT the foregoing Code of By-Laws was submitted for the consideration of the official delegates to the National Biennial Convention on May 23 and 24, 2003 at Bacolod City, Philippines and has been duly ratified therein by unanimous vote on May 24, 2003.
LUIS A. PAREDES
Chair, Constitutional Commission
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Attest:
FELIX J. MARI�AS, JR.
Presiding Officer
Constitutional Convention
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